Quoting: BeterChiarelli
"Another troll with no comment history" is an infractable comment. Full stop, it's neither feedback nor constructive. I thought there could have been a teachable moment there instead of just deleting a post and this thread.
No opinion was dismissed other than there was nothing of value being returned to Detroit. Why is there an immediacy to dismiss Petry as a neutral or positive asset when Perron is equally as risky of an asset given his age and potential conditioning? I have no qualms with the trade not working for Detroit, I don't have a horse in either team's camp, the *how* in which we go about dismissing this trade and addressing the team needs is my problem, and it will continue to be my problem until the entirety of this community gets on board with not immediately jumping to the option of being the worst versions of themselves for internet points.
None of this is gaslighting or me taking advantage of being a moderator. It is the complete opposite: there are rules to be enforced here. I can either start appropriately infracting and banning users that insist on replying in a manner like what happened above, or I can insert myself into these sorts of replies and point out why they're wrong and point users in the proper direction. One of these is a more human approach, the other perpetuates the apparent disdain for the forum moderators you've picked up somewhere along your journey. I know which is my preference.
I have no disdain about the mods. It's not an easy job and I respect that. But while you're talking down to me, please remember that none of us are perfect. We all make mistakes. I'm as guilty as anyone here.
But we're all human. We all post things we shouldn't from time to time. Some more than others. It's not just on this website. We're all guilty of talking to people in a way we wouldn't talk to the person's face.
I'd rather just talk out any disagreement over a beer. Or a few beers. 🙂
But I find so many posters on here are defensive. It's almost like they expect to be attacked. And I'm guessing you see this too and you want to correct it. I applaud you for that.
But is attacking a poster because they attacked someone else really the proper way to correct things? I can see you're frustrated. I get it. I just hope there's a happy medium.
I frequent a few hockey sites and I see a pattern of mods attacking posters. I didn't mean to single you out. So I'm sorry if I came off that way. Maybe your post triggered me like the Red Wings fan's post may have triggered you.
I think we both want the same thing here but just disagree on how to achieve it. Just my 2 cents. 🙂